A new study found that women who went through so-called premature menopause had 40 percent more fatal and nonfatal heart attacks over the course of their lives.

There’s good reason to pay attention to even the most understated symptoms: “Your heart is the lifeline of your whole body,” Ramlawi says. “It’s the pump that supplies blood to every other organ in ...

The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.